Deployment of Telework in European Public Administrations

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Part One: Telework and Public Administrations
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Frissen, Paul (1997), p. 114.

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the PC revolution in the 1980s, followed by the development of computer networks and data
highways in the 90s. On the other hand, European governments (and enhanced in the framework
of the measures set up for a common European currency by the Maastricht Treaty) are nowadays
seeking to reduce state spending, which also affects the public sector and administration.
At present work organisation and the political self-definition regarding authoritative or
hierarchical structures for internal and external communication differ to a high degree among the
institutional cultures of public administrations in different Member States. Despite these
differences, it has been possible during the last ten years to observe a general, if not discursive,
shift towards a public and customer oriented transparency of information, horizontal co-operation
within and between administrative units, and a trend towards increased service orientation of
administrations.
Table 4: 
Government employment as percentage of total employment
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